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Originally Posted by QFA388
Does that announcement signify the death knell for the 767 production line?
I thought this program was all that was delaying the final decision to stop manufacture.
Not being biased but I think the A330MRTT is an extremely snappy looking aircraft.
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The Italian Air Force and JASDF will get theirs. Boeing will still test fly to make it certified to fly for those air forces.
Serously, I would have asked the USAF anything you wanted to do to make a tanker-even making a new one from another variant that we produce, then I would do it. They could have done a 767-300 tanker for them or the 400 version or a 777 as one just to please them. Somehow we can have a mix of tankers like how we do with the KC-135 and the KC-10s that we use.